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A Comparison of COVID-19 Stigma and AIDS Stigma During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.
Li, Manyun; Long, Jiang; Wang, Xuyi; Liao, Yanhui; Liu, Yueheng; Hao, Yuzhu; Wu, Qiuxia; Zhou, Yanan; Wang, Yingying; Wang, Yunfei; Wang, Qianjin; Ma, Yuejiao; Chen, Shubao; Liu, Tieqiao.
  • Li M; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
  • Long J; Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Wang X; Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Liao Y; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
  • Liu Y; Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Hao Y; Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Wu Q; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
  • Zhou Y; Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Wang Y; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
  • Wang Y; Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Wang Q; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
  • Ma Y; Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
  • Chen S; Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital (Hunan Second People's Hospital), Changsha, China.
  • Liu T; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China.
Front Psychiatry ; 12: 782501, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1581151
ABSTRACT

Objective:

To understand the current situation of stigmatizing attitudes toward Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China and compare it with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Methods:

Convenient sampling and vignette-based methods were used to recruit participants on WeChat. A demographic form and adopted stigma scale were used to collect participants' demographic information and stigmatizing attitudes toward COVID-19 and AIDS.

Results:

A total of 13,994 questionnaires were included in this study. A high portion of participants tend to avoid contact with individuals affected with COVID-19 (74.3%) or AIDS (59.0%), as well as their family members (70.4% for COVID-19 and 47.9% for AIDS). About half of the participants agreed that affected persons could not only cause problems to their own family but also have adverse effects on others (59.6% and 55.6% for COVID-19, 56.9 and 47.0% for AIDS). The agreements with statements about perceived stigma were similar but slightly higher than those about personal stigma in both COVID-19 and AIDS. Participants' agreements with all statements regarding personal and perceived stigma attitudes between COVID-19 and AIDS were all statistically significant (p < 0.001). Participants obtained COVID-19-related information mainly from social media (91.3%) and newspaper or television (77.1%) during the epidemic, and 61.0% of them thought information from newspapers or television was the most reliable.

Conclusion:

Several similarities and differences of people's attitude toward COVID-19 and AIDS were found. Avoidance, blame, and secondary discrimination to diagnosed persons and their surrounding persons were the main representations of COVID-19-related stigma. Stigma of COVID-19 had less moral link but more public panic. Experience from HIV-related stigma reduction and prevention can be applied to reduce COVID-19-related stigma.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychiatry Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyt.2021.782501

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychiatry Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyt.2021.782501